Briefing and Presentation Skills - Workshop Overview

How will this workshop help me? This workshop is designed to enable learners to develop and demonstrate basic presentation skills, improving personal skills, confidence and awareness.

How will I learn? The programme includes a series of talks, video clips, discussions and practical activities through which individuals are able to address their specific concerns about presenting. This workshop is focussed on developing participants’ personal skills, confidence and awareness.

How long is it? 1 day

Do I need to do anything before the course? As part of the course, you will be asked to prepare and deliver a short group and individual presentation. You need to think in advance what subject you want to use for your individual presentation and bring any notes or resources with you that you may need. Don’t panic though - the individual presentation is only 5 minutes maximum and you will work as part of a supportive and encouraging small group who will be presenting to each other and giving helpful feedback.

A flipchart and paper is provided as is a laptop and projector if you wish to use them. Please bring any electronic presentation material you wish to use on a memory stick or bring your own laptop to use with the projector. The course does include a short amount of preparation time for individual presentations but you are strongly advised to do some advance preparation.

Please Note: You do not have to use PowerPoint and are actively encouraged not to!

This workshop will provide input, discussion and practise on:

- The difference between briefings and presentations
- What makes a good presentation – top tips
- The importance of good communication, including body language
- Planning and preparation of a presentation
- Delivering a short presentation to the rest of the group
- Self and peer evaluation of presentations

Having attended this workshop you will be able to:

- Identify fears about public speaking and understand how to mitigate them
- State the difference between briefings and presentations
- Understand the importance of clear communication and effective body language
- Apply tips and techniques to make an interesting, engaging and memorable presentation
- Give a short presentation to an audience
- Action plan your own learning and development needs